Coventry City striker Taiwo Awoniyi has replaced injured Victor Osimhen in the Super Eagles squad for Nigeria’s 2027 AFCON qualifying matches against Madagascar and Guinea-Bissau later this month. Recall that the 29-year-old recently completed a move from Nottingham Forest to a newly promoted Premier League side last summer.
According to the Super Eagles, Awoniyi was invited to the latest national team squad after Victor Osimhen’s failure to recover from a muscle strain he picked up with Galatasaray.
Nigeria will host Madagascar in the first match at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, on September 25 before travelling to Bissau to take on the Wild Dogs of Guinea-Bissau four days later.
Super Eagles’ official Instagram read, “Coventry City striker Taiwo Awoniyi replaces Victor Osimhen in Nigeria’s squad for the AFCON 2027 qualifiers against Madagascar and Guinea-Bissau.
Victor Osimhen’s recovery from a muscle strain has been slower than expected. He was included in Nigeria’s squad for the AFCON qualifiers because Galatasaray and the Super Eagles technical crew were hopeful he would be fit for the Super Lig game versus Trabzonspor and ready for the international window.
But his absence from tonight’s match confirms Galatasaray’s correspondence to Super Eagles manager Eric Chelle that the striker is still recovering and will not be ready for Nigeria’s matches.”
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